MossyFeathers

@MossyFeathers@pawb.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The White Lotus’ Creator Mike White to Compete on CBS’ ‘Survivor 50’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Just a reminder that Mike White appeared on a podcast run by Andrew Sullivan - known for promoting the “bell jar” pseudoscientific theory on racial intelligence potentials - in order to promote autogynephilia. Autogynephilia is a similarly pseudoscientific concept which claims that trans people can be split into two categories: “true” trans, and men with a fetish for appearing as a woman (aka, a paraphilia).

  For those who are new to the concept (most cis people aren’t familiar with it), there are a lot of problems with it, both the original concept and the way it’s wielded.

  • It is often used to erase the possibility of being a non-heterosexual trans woman by defining “true” trans women as being exclusively attracted to men.

  • It is often used to erase the existence of trans women who wish to appear butch or otherwise androgynous (I personally identify as fem, but enjoy the idea of looking fem-drogynous).

  • It is often used to erase the identities between the binaries.

  • It did not have a cisfem control group.

  • It did not account for trans men and is often used to erase trans men.

  • It fails to take into account that the arousal towards seeing oneself as their chosen gender could be rooted in self-actualization and not objectification of the female body or fetishization of femininity.

  • It fails to account for the fact that arousal from pride in one’s self-image is something that cis people can experience. As an extension of this it fails to consider the fact that, having been starved of that experience, the feelings associated with that experience will almost certainly be far stronger for trans people who are just learning to take pride in their appearance.

  Even its existence by itself is an issue because, as I can attest to, it’s not uncommon for autogynephilia to be one of the first things a trans person, especially a trans woman, might come across while playing devil’s advocate with their own dysphoric desires.

  One of the reasons why I personally took 10yrs to actually start transitioning was because, as a 20yr old just discovering the concept of transness after moving out for the first time, autogynephilia was one of the first things I read about. Because of the fact that I found transformation art, especially relating to gender transformation, to be arousing, I believed that I was simply a man with a fetish.

  It wasn’t until far later that I discovered that what I experienced was relatively normal for trans people and didn’t erase my transness. Someone explained to me their own belief as to why, which makes a hell of a lot more sense than the mental gymnastics being done by autogynephilia - due to how sexuality and gender are interlinked with each other, it’s unsurprising that the rush of hormones from feeling pride in your appearance as your preferred gender (aka, gender euphoria) after lacking that experience for most of your life would cause sexual arousal.

  It’s a very harmful concept, even just passively, and it makes me sad that Mike White is still being platformed after promoting it. Though not surprising, I suppose, considering that companies like Warner Bros and HBO can’t stop chewing on Rowling’s fetid, rancid cunt.

  (For those more familiar with fighting against the term, lemme know if I missed any issues with autogynephilia because I’m sure there are a lot I haven’t covered)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stunt Performer Sues Kevin Costner and ‘Horizon 2’ Over Unscripted Rape Scene⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Uhh… Someone was literally raped on set, in front of an audience, and no one got arrested? Are you fucking serious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good shit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No? The manosphere didn’t create it afaik. Afaik it’s satirizing the manosphere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good shit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fucking satire LMAO

  God, it’s depressing how many people here don’t get that it’s painfully obvious satire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever a beast is shown on screen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea if this is satire or not but I unironically love both the idea of your dinosaur character(?) and that YouTube clip.

  It’s half satire. I honestly didn’t get to watch Jurassic Park as a kid because my parents knew I loved dinosaurs, but also that I was also a very timid child. As a result, I didn’t get to watch it because they thought it might scare me away from my love of dinosaurs (other things in my life caused me to lose interest anyway, but I’m slowly rekindling it). Now, I honestly struggle to enjoy dinosaur media that doesn’t portray them with feathers. Beautiful and terrifying is, imo, vastly superior to “I’M HERE TO SCARE”.

  The furry flavor was mainly for fun.

  Do you have art/bio for your sona? If I ever play D&D again this may well inspire me to update my Dragonborn bard to have feathers. /gen

  Also, kinda. I’m working on updating her design, but here’s a fairly old screenshot of my VRC avatar.

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  If you’d like, I could recommend some e621/e926 tags and artwork. Be warned that you will get lewd stuff on e621 if I just give you tags, but you could use e926 with the same tags if you don’t wanna get blasted by uncensored cloaca (e926 is literally just a front end for e621 that forces the safe filter on).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever a beast is shown on screen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bruh. My sona has feathers because that’s what theropods had, and quite frankly, the idea is kinda pretty. The furry element to my comment was supposed to be for humor, not kink. “Us prehistoric birds are just as pretty as our extant brethren and it should be a crime to portray us as anything else uwu” kinda thing.

  Here’s the thing though. Feathered dinosaurs can be just as scary, if not more so than their highly scientifically inaccurate counterparts.

  One thing to consider is this: there are several modern species of birds which can mimic a broad range of sounds, varying from other bird calls, human speech, car alarms, heavy machinery, and so on. Furthermore, the birds capable of mimicry often also have the ability to associate these sounds with specific contexts, and perform these sounds while anticipating a specific outcome; for an example: a parrot asking for a cracker because it expects to receive a cracker when it asks for one.

  Additionally, due to their relation to birds, theropods would have been less likely to roar and more likely to chirp. Sounds silly and cute right? Well, as an animal gets larger, the noises they make typically get slower and lower in pitch. Try slowing and pitching down the sound of a chicken going bwak-ack or the call of a loon and tell me that isn’t really fucking unsettling. Hell, just the unedited call of a loon itself is fucking disturbing if you imagine it’s coming from a voracious carnivore and not a waterbird.

  Also, you can’t tell me that making dinosaurs act even more bird-like wouldn’t be even more terrifying: youtu.be/yS71VeptuEc

  What other family movies would you like updated to indulge your personal kinks?

  Since you asked though, Zootopia really should have an unrated cut that includes scenes of Judy getting railed by Nick’s fat, knotted fox cock. c:

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whenever a beast is shown on screen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love dinosaurs. One of my main sonas is a feathery fuckwit named Mossy Feathers. I’m strongly considering going back to school for paleontology.

  All that to say that I never watched Jurassic Park growing up because my parents thought it would scare me away from dinosaurs. I will continue to never watch it because they refuse to even make a “feathered cut” of the movie.

  As you may imagine, this is inexcusable for a company the size of Disney. I am personally offended for both for myself and dino-kind. To add insult to injury, to the best of my memory, they have publically stated that they have no interest in updating the dinosaur visuals and instead will proceed to portray dinosaurs unrealistically. Imagine if humans were regularly portrayed as simple-minded cavemen who shout “unga bunga” and bang sticks together. Then research discovered that, in spite of current world events, this is not in fact an accurate portrayal of humanity; yet the media continued to portray humans in this way because “it’s scarier and more entertaining”.

  This is speciesist and it is not okay. You can do better. We all deserve better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  2 would be the closest I’d consider to being ideal. The handle kinda looks like it sucks tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Bridgerton’ Nicola Coughlan Slams HBO ‘Harry Potter’ Project: “Wouldn’t Touch It With A Pole”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Having black characters isn’t woke anymore unless you’re in the deep south.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Bridgerton’ Nicola Coughlan Slams HBO ‘Harry Potter’ Project: “Wouldn’t Touch It With A Pole”⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what she’s doing. She’s trying to “un-woke” her own series. What a fucking loser.q

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone told MAGA they are free to shut themselves off from the rest of the world all on their own. Honestly they do a pretty good job of it already.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure. Just make sure there’s a gate for marginalized communities who are trying to get out.

  I have a lot of trans Texas friends, few of us have any decent options to leave. A fun fact: Texas ranks 2nd when it comes to % of trans people. Yet we have no voice, and a big part of that is thanks to how fucked the Texas voting districts are. That’s why a trans person in Dallas can be decently safe, but a gay person in Tyler will get their knee kicked in by a neo-nazi in broad daylight (this actually happened to someone I know, they have to walk with a cane now and they aren’t even 21).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨purpose⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are many types of mosquitoes, but only a few suck blood. It’s the bloodsuckers they’re talking about when they say no one would miss them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shrimp colour drama⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but, imagine the possibilities in humans

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨big sausage boie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks, I kinda fucking hate it. Everything about it looks wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s only true if you don’t look under the covers.

  Spoilers: there’s a furry orgy hiding beneath.

  I find it really amusing that furries are probably the most unique American subculture, yet we get shunned by most Americans. Go figure lmao.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i love trash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  At least you can have a pet rat and there are plenty of guides on what to feed them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My sister’s AMAB friend likes to look like a girl and even said she wanted to be a “Japanese woman”, why would conservatives think using she/her pronouns for her is forcing an agenda?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s forcing an agenda or an “ideological war” in the same way the civil war was about states rights.

  Yeah, it was about states rights: the right for non-slave states to choose not to return escaped slaves. That’s a huge reason why the south got so pissy at the north, the north decided they didn’t want to return slaves to the south; slavery wasn’t legal in the north and so being an escaped slave in the north effectively meant you were a Freedman. The south didn’t like that because they saw slaves as property that was basically “stealing itself”.

  Something similar is going on with trans rights, only it’s even more complex than the factors leading to the civil war. It’s about the right to do what you want with your own body. The right to be seen how you want to be seen, and treated how you want to be treated (yanno, within reason; I’m not gonna bow down to someone who claims to be a princess and kiss her feet, but I will call her a princess if she asks). These are, in my opinion, basic human rights and as such, attempting to state anything else is “The Agenda”. Unsurprisingly, history repeats itself and the bigots are now attempting to force their agenda and ideology on others while claiming the other side is the one doing it (this, btw, is called projection).

  Note: there are a ton of different cultural factors that make bigots believe that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Tbh, I don’t really want to get into that because I’d be writing pages instead of paragraphs. However, a lot of it in the US specifically has to do with religion and adherence to tradition; and how as life gets harder, people adhere more and more strongly to tradition. Well, life’s getting hard for the average American. They’re feeling increasingly squeezed for time and money, so out goes rationality and empathy, and in comes tradition and religion.

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  Btw, if you and your sister are both AFAB then, for the love of god, support her. As a trans woman who didn’t start transitioning until she was 30, it would have meant a lot to me and radically changed my life if I’d had friends I was comfortable truly being myself around; and it means a hell of a lot more if the support is coming from your peers (in this case, female classmates, especially cisfem classmates).

  It’s scary as fuck being trans, and I won’t lie, cis women are intimidating. I don’t really give a shit about how cis men see me. In my head, cis-women are the ultimate judge of who gets to be called “a woman” and it makes me feel like a little part of my soul dies every time I’m rejected. Like, I’m sorry I wasn’t born pretty. I’m sorry I was born with a penis, and I have wide shoulders and narrow hips and my tits are still tiny because I just started hrt. I can’t help it and there’s only so much I can physically change. Anything else is too expensive.

  I just want to be myself and be accepted for it.

  Treat her as her preferred gender. Make her forget she was AMAB and the bigotry of the world around her. Invite her to girls nights, let her try on clothes and do a cute little spin when she puts on a skirt. Help her do make up and braid her hair (if it’s long enough). Play games together, watch movies together, treat her as one of you. Be her friends “cool big sister”.

  And when life kicks her in the balls for being “a man”, make sure you and your sister give her a shoulder to cry on. Remind her that, when it comes to human anatomy, a penis is almost literally just a huge clit. No, seriously. Fetuses start out with female genitalia regardless of chromosomes, and then the female genitals turn into male genitals before birth (if you have XY chromosomes, usually). So she doesn’t have a penis, just has a very well endowed clitoris.

  Do that and you might also find other trans gals (and possibly trans guys and non-binary pals) congregating around you. Your sister’s friend may feel like they can be more open about being trans, but not everyone does. For every trans person who lives out of the closet, there are probably 5 more who are too scared to be their best selves out of fear of rejection. Publically showing acceptance will help others feel accepted themselves (and in turn, help them to accept themselves, because that’s a really hard thing to do). Public acceptance also helps normalize being trans as being “Just A Thing Some Humans Do”, which helps fight against bigotry itself.

  Join the revolution and fight against bigotry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this possibly a jealousy thing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, she’s just a bully and an asshole. If you sister can’t kick her ass, kick her ass yourself and help your sister find better friends. Your sister probably needs the support, otherwise she probably wouldn’t be “”“friends”“” with people like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i love trash⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  God meant for opossums to be pets and just wanted humans to do some selective breeding to increase their lifespans.

  Humans decided their fur was too soft and they looked too much like rats. Obviously the only course of action was to kill them.

  I love humans /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let me be *perfectly* clear...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine this creature would probably be almost entirely invisible under water and look like just a pair of eyes and a spine.

  What if there are bigger fish?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  shrug Idk that it’s that insane. Tbh I’m not convinced the hype isn’t being manufactured. I have a cousin who’s a pretty bog standard, flavor-of-the-month gamer, and he’s said nothing about GTA VI.

  Not saying you’re necessarily wrong, I guess, just that something seems off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I’m honestly surprised. I’ve barely heard anything about GTA VI. Seriously. I don’t care about it, none of my friends have talked about it despite being the kinda game that they’d be into, and I’ve only seen one or two articles on it.

  You sure it’s that highly anticipated? My observation is that people have gotten really sick and tired of AAA games, and this is a shift that’s occurred since RDR2 came out. Very few of the people I know still regularly play AAA games, and those who do almost never buy them on launch. I haven’t seen anywhere near the same amount of hype for GTA VI as I saw for GTA IV or GTA V.

  You’re accusing me of being disingenuous? Maybe you’re the one who’s buying into the hype and overestimating public interest. Or perhaps the true answer is somewhere in the middle. Who knows. I was not intentionally downplaying your favorite series though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, do people still get excited for GTA? I thought GTA V online killed a lot of goodwill for the series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Portal pinball table may be the closest we’re gonna get to Portal 3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they could introduce a new character who takes shelter in a mysterious, dilapidated research facility during the 7 hour war and finds themselves in a hellish labyrinth of puzzles. Maybe said character finds Chell in the field and helps release her (there’s some speculation Chell never made it out, but was actually in some kind of biosphere based on some in-game hints).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in most school in the USA (at least mine) they teach Spain Spanish instead of Mexico Spanish? Would not Mexico Spanish be an obvious choice to teach?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s wild when you look into how many different languages are “Chinese”. It’s like if someone were to say that someone from Germany spoke “European”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this thing, a spring loaded tampon or something?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Throw it against the ground to see how high it’ll bounce.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bowseris Kooparov⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly? I’d rather have Bowser over any real world dictator. Bowser actually gives half a fuck about his minions and domain, while looking sexy as hell in the process. That’s a step up from the “real deal”.

  I’m still kinda looking forward to the Mario game where Mario goes after Peach only to discover, at the end of the game, that Peach is actually in love with Bowser and that Mario just committed mass murder out of a misogynistic, misplaced belief that Peach can’t defend herself or pick her own partners.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conan visits a German dominatrix⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If his wife is okay with it, who cares?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨a challenge appears⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Upset with the lack of necessities in life and no representationin government? Time to go in the funny box.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not where I live, lmao. The grippy sock hotel that I had to stay at once convinced me that they’re shit and full of abusive staff.